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Lorene Yarnell did the physical acting of Dot Matrix (voiced Michael Jackson stole his whole look from Shields..

Shields and Yarnell': What Happened to Their Mime Act from the Seventies?

It's fair to say that the celebrity status that mimes could achieve back in the '70s has died out, but we wonder what happened to the popular couple that brought their silent act to the small screen?

Robert Shields and Lorene Yarnell were the only mimes talented enough and uniquely skilled in their craft to make their way into our living rooms with their show, "Shields and Yarnell."

Yarnell, born in 1944, began her journey in entertainment as a dancer at the tender age of four.

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Lorene Yarnell was living in Norway with her fourth husband when she died.

Lorene Yarnell did the physical acting of Dot Matrix (voiced Michael Jackson stole his whole look from Shields.

Michael Jackson and his family were fascinated by the show and watched it religiously, with Jackson eventually incorporating Shields & Yarnell's mechanical.

For the last nine years Lorene Yarnell has lived in Sandefjord, Norway with her husband, Bjorn.

By 15, she was a professional in her craft, especially in tap dancing, Shields said according to LA Times.

As for Shields, at 18 he began miming outside of the Hollywood Wax Museum and a famous French mime noticed.

In 1970, he received a full scholarship to France to attend Marcel Marceau's mime school, but he didn't stay very long.

He decided to go to San Francisco and take his miming to the street, becoming a famed tou